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Princeton - Princeton Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley.

A computer tool that allows the machine to identify malicious executable files without being exposed to their harmful actions. Virus detection takes a smarter turn with information-based approach Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 13, 2009—In the cyber security world, looking for viruses or other malicious files on computers opens the door to potentially releasing the file and contaminating one's system.

Peter Bentley readily admits he developed a piece of software that turned an iphone into a stethoscope as a bit of 'fun'.

New computing tool could lead to better crops and pesticides say researchers Syngenta University Centre at Imperial College London launched today %0A " Imperial College London News Release For Immedi

Princeton - Princeton When establishing their new home at 58 Prospect Ave. Princeton University's Fields Center and Community House staff decided to make it a beacon for multicultural education and social opportunities within the University campus and local community.

A new technique designed to reconstruct the voices of people who have had their vocal cords removed, has been applied by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

School?s cool for summer, say 4,000 holiday visitors to Imperial Summer school pupils get a taste of real science in top university labs - %0A " Tuesday 25 August By Abigail Smith A summer break spen

BERKELEY — With a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, announced Aug.

PA 209/09 Can computers solve the logistical nightmare of planning English football fixtures? Professor Graham Kendall from the School of Computer Science at The University of Nottingham believes they can.

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Berlin - RWTH-Aachen Auszubildende der RWTH starten ins Berufsleben Im Rahmen einer Feierstunde im Gästehaus der Hochschule nahmen jetzt 52 Auszubildende der RWTH Aachen ihre Abschlusszeugnisse entgegen.

PA 186/09 An independent external validation of QRISK" - a new score for predicting a person's risk of heart disease - has shown that it performs better than the existing test and should be recommended for use in the United Kingdom by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The University of Nottingham and leading healthcare systems supplier EMIS worked together, through the not-for-profit partnership QResearch, to develop the ground-breaking formula which has been strongly endorsed in new research published in the British Medical Journal.

A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers.

Innovations in healthcare displayed at NHS Expo Imperial researchers showcase new technologies that are helping to improve patient care and outcomes %0A " Enter a nomination for the new NHS Innovator

BERKELEY — Gamma-ray bursts, with their ability to pierce through gas and dust to shine brightly across the universe, are revealing areas of intense star formation and stellar death where astronomers have been unable to look - the dusty corners of otherwise dust-free galaxies. Artist's illustration of a gamma-ray burst occurring in a dusty region of intense star formation.

PA141/09 Cones, holes and temporary traffic lights.. the scourge of Britain's roads! But now scientists and industry have come together to reduce the misery of motorists caused by the repair, maintenance and upgrading of pipes and cables under the tarmac.

In the online virtual world of "Universe Quest," young girls can create characters that interact with one another and operate a virtual telescope as if it were real, obtaining actual images through a small telescope in Arizona.

It's modelled the evolution of the universe, simulated the behaviour of proteins and explored how different bridge types respond to weather conditions and turbulence.

PA 121/09 Mothers who diet excessively during pregnancy might be storing up problems for their child later on and might be increasing the risk that if their child becomes obese, he or she will develop the adverse consequences of obesity sooner rather than later.

Humanoid robot helps scientists to understand intelligence Imperial gets iCub robot to further research into Artificial Intelligence %0A " Tuesday 31 March 2009 By Colin Smith A humanoid robot newly

PA 68/09 A simple new risk assessment score that will allow GPs to accurately predict which of their patients are most likely to develop diabetes over the next 10 years has been developed by experts at The University of Nottingham.

Cambridge, Mass. March 5, 2009 - Computer scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with scientists at the Universitï¿oe Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium, deployed the first practical, web-based implementation of a secure, verifiable voting system for the presidential election held at UCL earlier this week.

PA30/09 New computer software that will allow GPs to more accurately assess which patients are most at risk of developing heart disease has been released for clinical use.